click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Muscular system
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| Muscular System | tough group of tissues that make your body parts move (650 major muscles in the body) |
| working in pairs either | contracting (shortening) and extending (lengthening) |
| Smooth Muscles | found in various organs in the body,(stomach,and the intestines), you have no control of these muscles |
| Skeletal Muscles | attached to a bone,which allows the skeleton to move |
| Cardiac Muscle | only found in the walls of the heart problems of the Muscular system |
| Strain | soreness due overwork |
| Tendinitis | stretched of torn tendon |
| Cramp | Muscle unable to relax; feels tight and sore |
| Muscle Dystrophy | weakening of the skeletal muscles, eventually inability to walk or stand |